Japan and Canada have made genuine strides in some areas of women's leadership while quietly failing in others. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/13/japan/japan-canada-and-gender-equality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #canada #worldeconomicforum #gendergap #g7 #oecd #sanaetakaichi #satsukikatayama #kimionoda #tomokoyoshino #rengo #women039sissues

Japanese labor leader Tomoko Yoshino said Friday that she aims to secure wage hikes in the 5% range for a third consecutive year in spring labor talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/23/rengo-leader-wage-hikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #rengo #unions #jobs #wages #tomokoyoshino #inflation #shunto

The Liberal Democratic Party’s Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki said having the Democratic Party for the People join the ruling bloc would help achieve “political stability.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/japan/politics/dpp-ldp-rengo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #dpp #ldp #nipponishinnokai #rengo #tomokoyoshino #unions #yuichirotamaki #shunichisuzuki #cdp #yoshihikonoda #sanaetakaichi

Labor leader Tomoko Yoshino has expressed opposition to a proposal by the government to give legal validity to the use of former surnames after marriage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/rengo-surname-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #familylaw #marriage #names #women039sissues #rengo #tomokoyoshino

The leader of Japan’s largest labor union group urged Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government to do more to fight inflation to help ensure that workers’ wage gains outpace increases in the costs of living. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/economy/rengo-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #reno #unions #wages #tomokoyoshino

An advisory panel established by Japan's biggest union group has published a report calling on the organization to aim for a wage hike of more than 5% in next year's spring wage talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/20/rengo-wage-hike-shunto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #jobs #unions #wages #shunto #rengo #tomokoyoshino

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, is considering keeping leader Tomoko Yoshino in office for a third term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/politics/yoshino-third-term/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #rengo #tomokoyoshino #shunto #wages

With Tomoko Yoshino's second term as president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the umbrella organization for labor unions in the country, set to end next month, all eyes are on whether she will seek a third. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/politics/japan-rengo-head-yoshino-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #rengo #tomokoyoshino #ldp #cdp #dpp #2025upperhouseelection

For the first time in 16 years, a prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party has held talks with the leader of Japan's largest labor union group. What is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's motive for doing so? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/japan/politics/ishiba-rengo-yoshino/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #tomokoyoshino #dpp #rengo #2025upperhouseelection

Tomoko Yoshino has gone from the shop floor to fighting for millions and rubbing shoulders with business leaders as the first female leader of Rengo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/06/women-work-tomoko-yoshino/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #women039sissues #tomokoyoshino #rengo